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Retail Spend Continues To Rise

Fergus Halliday August 4, 2017 No Comments

Australian retail turnover rose by 0.3% in June, according to the latest figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. This marks three consecutive months of growth in spending after a…

GoPro Course-Corrects In Latest Earnings Report

Fergus Halliday August 4, 2017 No Comments

Following on from its move to cut 240 staff in March, GoPro has recorded $297 million in revenue for the second financial quarter. “GoPro is building momentum,” says CEO Nicholas…

Huawei Watch 2 To Launch Exclusively Through Vodafone

Fergus Halliday August 4, 2017 No Comments

Huawei’s latest 4G-enabled smartwatch has finally gotten a launch date for Australia. According to Eric Zhai, Managing Director of Huawei Consumer Business Group Australia, “as the internet of things becomes…

Tablet Market Continues Downward Spiral, Says IDC

Fergus Halliday August 4, 2017 No Comments

According to the latest data out of IDC, the tablet market has declined for the eleventh quarter in a row. IDC say that “despite notable product launches like the new…

Former Coles and Dick Smith Exec To Head Up ALPA Retail

Fergus Halliday August 4, 2017 No Comments

Former Coles and Dick Smith executive Michael Dykes has been appointed as the Arnhem Land Progress Aboriginal Corporation’s new general manager for retail. CEO Alastair King announced the appointment earlier…

Apple Says It Will Overtake Samsung Pay By Year’s End

Fergus Halliday August 4, 2017 No Comments

Apple has indicated it plans to launch Apple Pay in a number of new territories before the start of 2018, a feat that would see it catch up to and…

Huawei Pencil In Mate 10 For October Reveal

Fergus Halliday August 4, 2017 No Comments

It’s been tipped that Chinese smartphone brand Huawei will be bringing their upcoming Mate 10 smartphone to Germany for an official reveal, but not in time for this year’s IFA.…

Strategy Analytics Says Latest Quarterly Smartphone Shipments Grew 6%

Fergus Halliday August 3, 2017 No Comments

Strategy Analytics’ latest analysis on the state of the smartphone market has claimed that approximately 360 million units were shipped during the most recent financial quarter, a 6% increase on…

ASUS Announce New VivoBooks For Oz

Fergus Halliday August 3, 2017 No Comments

ASUS has announced it’ll be bringing its VivoBook 14 and VivoBook S15 laptops to the Australian market. The 14-inch VivoBook 14 comes powered by up to the latest Intel i7…

Canalys Say Samsung Galaxy S8 Demand Overestimated

Fergus Halliday August 3, 2017 No Comments

New data out of Canalys says that the global smartphone shipments grew 4% year-on-year to over 340 million in Q2 2017. “The smartphone market continued to grow in Q2, despite…